The mystery of Americans’ distaste for Hillary Clinton

She is paying the political price of being a strong woman playing what is traditionally viewed as a man’s game.

Clinton has long been controversial. As first lady to former president Bill Clinton, she played an unusually visible role in government—in particular masterminding a health-care reform package that ultimately failed, writes Walkom. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by Gage Skidmore

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TORONTO—Republicans loathe her. Democrats suspect her. Polls show her to be one of the most unpopular presidential candidates in modern American history. What is it about Hillary Clinton? In theory, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for the U.S. presidency should be golden. She is experienced. She is moderate. A centre-right Democrat, she straddles the class divide—with support from organized labour, as well as Wall Street. On foreign affairs she is a liberal hawk in the tradition of Woodrow

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